ᎡᎳᏪ ᎲᎾ
elawe hvhna
The English phrase "shut up" is translated into Cherokee as ᎡᎳᏪ ᎲᎾ (elawe hvhna).
Meaning: "Stop talking." (intj)
How do you pronounce it?
elawe hvhna
Did you know?
- The Cherokee writing system used for ᎡᎳᏪ ᎲᎾ was invented by Sequoyah in the early 1820s. It is one of the few instances in history where a written script was created by a single person who was not literate in any other language.
- While 'shut up' is often a blunt command in English, telling someone to be quiet in Cherokee can actually describe the surrounding environment's state of 'stillness' rather than attacking the person's behavior.
- The Cherokee language is polysynthetic, meaning that a single complex word can function like an entire sentence in English, including the subject and the action.
Example conversation
Two friends are arguing about a game.
- AᎡᎳᏪ ᎲᎾ!Elawē hvna!Shut up!
- BᏝ ᎢᏓ ᎥᏍᎩ ᎤᏓᏓᏘᏓᏍᏗ ᎥᏝ.La ida vsgi udadatisdi vla.I don't have to listen to you.
- AᎢᏓ ᎡᎳᏪ ᎲᎾ!Ida elawē hvna!Now shut up!
- BᎾᏓ ᏓᏓᎾᏓᏅᏓᏓᏘᏓᏍᏗ.Nada dadanadnvdadatisdi.Let's just listen.
